The Kingfish restaurant in Jeffersonville sits adjacent to the Kennedy Bridge. Repairs and lane closures were ordered Tuesday night.

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Marcus Green
| The Courier-Journal

Crews fixed an outage of navigational lights under the Kennedy Bridge late Tuesday, the second such failure on the span in less than a month, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.

A contractor assisted by state workers began troubleshooting the five lights on the downstream side - four marking the piers and a center green light - at 9 p.m. Tuesday and had them working again by 11:30 p.m., said Chuck Wolfe, a Cabinet spokesman.

Bridges that are improperly lit are a "potential hazard to navigation," according to the National Transportation Safety Board. ...